Consolidating Courts: Reorganizing in NH
Forget courthouses — New Hampshire’s entire court system may be getting rebuilt from the ground up, starting this summer. The Senate votes tomorrow on a bill to bring the probate and district courts...
View ArticleSenate Budget Hearings Today
Later today, the Senate Finance committee will hear public testimony for the first time on the overall $10.3 billion biennium budget passed by the House last month. Expect a long list of speakers to...
View ArticleThey Said It!
In our latest installment of They Said It, we hear people talking this week about the budget, the budget, and the budget. And right-to-work. And politics, of course. Did we miss something? Submit your...
View ArticleSpeaking of gas prices …
What would you do with a few extra nickels? If it seems like politicians want to cut the gasoline tax every time fuel prices begin to skyrocket, as we’ve seen during the past month, well you’re right....
View ArticleCollective Bargaining Disagreement
Remember the recent uproar over public employee unions in New Hampshire? The one about eliminating collective bargaining obligations when labor contracts end? It was slipped into the House budget...
View ArticleThey Said It
They Said It this week features an attempted repeal of RGGI and a possible temporary cut in New Hampshire’s gas tax. What quotables have you read or heard that you think reveal the verbal tenor of the...
View ArticleThe Local Slaughter
Should New Hampshire resurrect the in-state meat and poultry inspection service it abandoned more than three decades ago? This Rollinsford cow from Brookford Farm is headed for milking, not slaughter....
View ArticleThey Said It!
There was plenty to say this week about RGGI, federal health care reform, private prisons, and payday loans. Nanny rates On Wednesday, the House defeated a bill to re-allow a variation of so-called...
View ArticleNHPTV Vote This Week
When it meets in full session Wednesday, the Senate will decide whether to join the House in prohibiting state funding of New Hampshire Public Television. House Bill 113, which passed the House 263-102...
View ArticleThey Said It
It’s Friday the 13th, and we bring you another installment of “They Said It.” This week, we heard a lot of talk about Gov. John Lynch’s veto of so-called right-to-work legislation, pleasure over the...
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